Linotype-machine.



PATENTED OCT. 2, 1906.

C. T. LIBBY.

LINOTYPE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19.1003.

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S. 5 g 1 W WpW No. 832,397. PATENTED OCT. 2, 1906. O. T. LIBBY.

LINOTYPE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED TUE 1319,1903.

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zi-sv iii t'i'enno of tin assembling- :issmnhlingwicvniron tinis Illztkilljl the inn- (hinv constant runningv in. the drawings livi'i'witii mw-ninp:ii1 ying and making :1 part 0! this tgppiit'iiiiflll, Figinv 1 is :1V ptI'SpCKftiW \'i(-\\ (it u portion ni' tilt! Ittvrgvntlniicrnig chiiin, Showing my illliiin\ M n." in any nitz'cr imnvcnient manner, in whivh (122$? ttiv iaiti-ti 31% and its operating il1(tit'= nn may inmnitwii, as in that 021s? ttw Jvniiiiingwtm ziim', i'tJt. Sink, and \wightvd law:- until all hang from the 1100]; J untii tin n'npm' imminent to." than to go i in n, snitnbtay other spring being ous action of the back latch hereinafter dedown. Upon said rod I mount a coil-spring 7, tending constantly when under compression to lift the rod and the assembling-elevator. I retain the assemblin -elevator-lever link and its connections in order toretain the assembling-elevator balancing-spring L as in the existing machine; but I otl'set said link to the right, so as to make room for said rod under the assembling-elevator, as shown in Fig. 1. By increasing its efficiency either spring 7 or spring L can alone be made to do the entire work of raising the elevator, the omitted; but for the sake of the much greater facility of adjustment two springs should be used. The rod is re turned to its down or ready position against the forcesof the spring by means of a weighted lever 25, operated as hereinafter described and havin oppositely-extending arms 9 and 10. It is ocked down or in ready position by means of latch 11 engaging an offset in the rod, which latch is adapted to be released by a key-lever 22, acting upon said latch either directly or through an interi'nediate reversing-lever 17 but note the contemporanescribed. Latch 11 may be locked permanently out of engagement with the red by means of a clasp 18, pivoted to the bracket and carrying a pin 19, adapted to be moved into and out of engagement with the keylever. When the front latch l-is thus locked out, the machine runs with the back latch only, as hereinafter described.

The rod is-returned to its lower position by means of a weighted lever 25, loosely journaled on a counter-shaft 26, said weight-lever having a weight 56 adjustable thereon. The weighted arm 9 of the lever may be attached to t e red by means of a pivoted link27, attached to the bifurcated end of the lever and passing through an elongated slot 28 in the rod, the Weight of the weighted lever being sufficient to overcome the opposing foree of the spring under its load. The opposite arm of lever extends into the path of a pusher 29, pivotally secured to an arm 8, rigidly but adjustably secured upon the linedelivery-carriage shaft by a clamping-screw 55, the action of said shaft being a rocking motion to the left and return. The pusher 29 has a contact 30 supported in the pusher by means of a pin 57 passing through a slot 58 and is held yieldingly projecting downwardly by means of two butler-springs, one, 31, the lighter, and always operative and the other, 32, heavier and be' inning to operate only after the former has been sligl'itly compressed. This construction aids the contact 30 to slip lightly into its position on the weighted lever while only under the tension of the lighter buffer-spring. The downward pusher 29 raises the weighted the link rising in the slot in movement ol end of the lever, the rod. Any lateral thrust of the hnkimpuslrbar 3-7 latch is received by a spur bracket nstead of by the rod. The the lever is sustain d in elevated position by latch 33, pivotally secured to the bracket. A fiat spring 3 secured to .i 1 ".L1. I. the bracket, tends to hole the latch in enga ement with the link by pressing downwardly upon rearwardly-extending offset 35, attached to he latch, seen in F "l. The link is released to allow the weighted lever to return the red when the matrix-line has passed out of the assembling-e]evator by means of a 'iivoted lever tached to t iraeket, one end of said lever adapted to eress upwardly against-arm oi latch 33. no other end, is secured to a apte i to be operated by cam l2 eng ging a earn-roll i3, secure to the pnslnbar, said cam being to the line-deli'vory-earr'- e shaft. The upper end of bar 3'"! is i on venienee secured to a loose lever 45, he liter described, by means of a pin passing through an elongated slot 8%) in the pnsh oar. spring 40 tends eonstantly to hold the push-bar up with yielding tension. The movement of the line-deliverycar iage shaft to the left latch 33 by pushing down bar 37 upon lever 36.

ll hen it is desired to have the machine operate continuously instead of being set in motion'by the operator striking the hey-lever each time after he has assembled a matrixline, latch 11 is locked out of engagement with the rod. in this case the rod is held down by a pivoted latch 41 engaging an oli'- set 42 in. the back of the rod. liateh 41 is disengaged from the red by means of a pushbar 4-3, one end engaging a lug 44 on the latch and the other pivotally secured to a lever 45, loosely mounted upon the end is; of the line-delivery-carriage shalt and in the path of an eccentric-pin 46 in the head of the shaft and above the lever, whereby the return movement of the line-delivery carriage causes said pin to engage the loose lever, and thus to force down the push-bar which operthe latch. [is a safety precaution to prevent the push-bar 43 lifting t'ro 111 the latch when the line-delivery-earriage shaft moves to the left in ease the loose lever slimild stick on pivot by the parts being allowed to go unoiled the lug on'the latch is made to pass through a recess 49 in the bar. further precaution for the same purpose the outer end of the loose lever may carry a shoulder 50, bent back and reaching under a projecting part 51 of the machine. A spring -17 tends constantly to hold the latch 41 in engagement with the rod. The foot of pushbar rests upon a iiat spring 48, which. sustains its weight and that of the loose lever, whereby spring 47 mav be comparatively Weak, thus lessening the iriction oi the back latch against the rod the rod descends. A projection 52 on the bottom of push-bar 43 pivot-ally at-- is t],

25 end of the weight-lever behind.

60. livery carriage gets back.

x latched by the front hitch, the back latch be ing at this point in the cyclevot movement unlatehed. Striking the key disenga 'es thefront latch, and as the back latch is already automatically unlatched the spring, being I "released, is free to act, and the rod goes up,

carrying the elevator. As the rod goes up the link pivotally attached to the weightdever traverses the slot in the rod ;'bnt the bolhom of the slot does not iyuite reach it. flu;

the elevator arrives up, re easing the line-delivery carriage, as in the existing machine, the line-delivery carriage starts over its rocking shaft, turning to the left, and the Weight-lever-operziting pusher rises, leaving the buck The back end of the weight-lever stays down, because its front end is susteinei'l by the latch engag ing the link connecting the weighblever and the rod. .The elevator stays up suspended 0 by its hook until the line of matrices has passed out of the assembling-elevator. At this point two things happen. The assembling-elevator is released. Atthe same instant the latch which sustains the weight-le- -5 ver is disengaged. Theweight-lever curries the rod down diaving sufficient weight to overcome the opposing force of the spring, the Weight of the elevator siding and falling with it by gravity; Upon. the drop of the 9 red it remains down by foree of three thi ngs namely, the two rod-locking latches and the weight-leyeif'. The weight-lever is first rc-- leased, which takes place when the weightlever pusher 29 gets for enough back to en- 5 age the short end of the weight-lever, thereby raising its link from the bottom of the slot in the rod. Next the back latch is released when the linc-iilelivery carriage is almost back by reason of the eccentric-screw 0 en twin the loose lever attached to the line- 5 g s s deliver cztrriage shaft, which through intermediate mechanism disengeges the latch. The apparatus is new again. in ready position, the rod being held by the front latch only, the weight lever sustained by its hi tch,

and the back latch automatically thrown out.

The second method of oporatioi'i is when. the operator hits the key before the line-dc The result of this is different at different points. If he hits the key while the Weightlever is still way down, nothing happens, and he must hit the key again later on. If, on the other hand, he

ind lifted he wright-lever from the bottom of the slot, which lnippens when the line-de-- livery carriage about three-fifths on its rctnrn back, the rod then rises slightly, suflicicnt io prevent the rcl ngngemcni of the front latch, and rcnniins hold by the back lately-which siiuntion continues until the brick latch isthrown out by the eccentricscic'w rngaging the loose lever as before, which .fntppons just in the right time by adjnstme t of the ecccntPic-screw tor the :is sembli w-elevator to start up without gob the path of the line-delivery car-- Ling into riage.

The third method of operation is when the key-lever is locked down, thereby locking the front latch out of action. This lem'cs the rod held only by l he buck latch. 'llicopcruiion from this point is like the second method of opcriding i licnnichinc, each return of the 1 line-dclivery ciirriagc throws out the buck latch, leaving the burden upon the operator to have his line ready to go up in readiness for that. if bad copy or other interruption prevents such readiness, the operator discug'agcs the kcvdever, thereby bringing the front hitch again into operation. As long as the machine is running by the third method the operator must-keep up with. it, and if any interruption occurs by locking the key an in isiill ll change to i he first method of operating the machine is effected.

This application covers certain varying constructions from my allowed application. Serial No. lOTf/SLZ, ellowod November H, 1905. It does all the things that that appa' ratns does and also. first, holds up the assemfiling-elevator by and with the same force flint originally carried it up until the matrixlinc has passed out; second, double holding device for the elevator-reising mechanism holdingsimultnnconsly,releasedsucccssiwly.

Many equivalent means may be subst itui ed for the specific devices herein shown for these purposes, all oi which ore equally within the spirit and scope of my invention, and likewise the auxiliary nicclui-nism for rcgulntingand controlling the main fcnturcsof my invention nn'iy be greatly varied, and l do not desire to be limited in these respects otherwise than as specifically set out in the claims. i

The advantages of my impro'vci'l. nun-lune are as follows: it is optional with the operator to have it either av constant-running or a start-and-stopmachine Theformernn'inod is valuable to the large number of imcinioi's who are able to set HUWS-dlHHSIII'O to the full speed of ihe imichinc and who are inns sored the lii'nor and nervous strain of putting up the asscmblbig-elevator and watching the movement of the machine for the proper time of doing so-in fact, having nothing left to do but to be sure their line is set before the hits the key after the pusher has engaged televator goes up and then. enjoying an insteunt s rclai'i ion snl uni i LU glance at copy Wn'ilc i clcvs'lor mitosis icziliy goes up and s. Furlihornimo, opcmi: able to lines who orsotiicrw using the ha-ni'i-lcvc to put up i bli s-cle'vsl will time will i V \I up and l sci; oils-hie inc-m io be all ready o s the non line llll'illOdi 1) my tho clovzitor 1, returned. i oon an interruptioi'i in oomph inc 3 linc oi imislhc operator may iiistsntl change the machine so she stort-ond-st-op form by lliroWinc oil the clas,

i ring thus described my invention and its us 1 I clsini -r T. In 32 linol.vpe-machinc, in combination, ix rod adapted to slor, lllilul'lS coding consl ii-nl'iy to raise solid rod the line-delivery carriage adapted to be si'ertcil automatically by ouch upward movement of aid clcvalzor, means for detsinin said rod in its lower position and means for automatically rclcssing said actuated by th lincwlelivcrywzu rings in chzinisni and opcrcnied in time therewit l2, vv'hareliy thc raising of the ole-Warm? relmscs tho line-delivery csrricgc and the rcciprocu-- tion oi the line-dclivory-carriage mechanism releases the rod thus nmking the machine constant-running.

in a linotype-mschinc, in combination, the assemMing-elevator, mechanism for rcciprocat-ing the some, the line-dolivcry carriage and its driving-shaft, means for holding eiorator-reciprocsting mechanism down and means automatically actuated by tho line-dsilvery-carriage shaft to release Sill fl elcveitor-reciprccsbing hncchanism, whereby said machine is rendered constant-runsing.

3. In linotypemiachinc, in combination, the assembling-elevator, mechanism for reciprocating the some, the lino-delivery carriagc and its driving-shaft, means for holding said elevator-reciprocating mechanism down and means automatically actuated by the line-dclivery-carriagc shaft to release it, another means for holding said clevstor-reciprocsting'ineclmnism down and means for orbitrarily releasing it and moans for fastening it out oi action, whereby the use or nonuse of said fastening means gives the operator the instant option to have the mizchine w start and-stop machine or ii constant-running machine.

4. In a linotype-machine, in combination, the assembling-elevator, rod carrying said elevator hsvingtwo shoulders, one higher than the other, mechanism adapted to raise the rod, incchanism cdspted to return the rod, the

elliciency of the letter, when both sre'o percaller, mechanism for com- 6 5' E and releasing the latter "'m for latching and arng the fornicr mechanism by ()l' {he upper of said shoulders, a handoiii l itcd clasp mlcptcd to lock tl c lost-nien- 7o tionsd nieclisnism out oi action, a latch to hold mid lGzIsC l'llC latter mechanism out of action, 21, lot 4 1 to hold and release the latter mechanism by means of the lower of said slioulflms, llic lii'ie dc-livvry e and its t, mi-cliiinism. actuated by the latter to opcrziiic said liiz'jcl'i, Wlicrcby either the assomhliog-clcmtor when arbitrarily released remains down until it is, or unless it already has been, rc'lcascd mitonioticslly by fill-c 8o movement, of theline-delivery shaft and then is eutomsiicslly actuated up and down, or at sure of the operator by the ilseof the clasp the machine is rendered constantwum 5 inolaypcmischino, in combination, Jemhliii; alovaior, :1- rod carrying said olcviiior, niesl'is lending constantly to raise sold rod, means tcl'iding' normally to return said rod and hold it in its lower position LIlCl having power i'ii-irinzilly to do so, means for lcniporsriiy millil mg said rod-returning mechanism, the li. ie-dciivery-coni&geopersting mechanism and moans actuated by the line-delivcr wcmiiisgo-opcrcling mechanism 5 for releasing; said nullilying mechanism ormngcll to sci at the time when the matrixline has passed out of the elevator.

ii. In a linoLypc-mschine, in combination, the asscmhling olevalor, nicclmnisin for rziis- 10o ing and holding up the some, mechanism for lowering ihc smile, the linc-dclivcry-csrrizige shall and mechanism intermediate between the line-dolivc -zirrisge shaftend said lowering lllCClliiiilSlll actuated by the former .10 start the lam-tor at the moment when the matrix-line has passed clear of said ssse1nl ling-clevato1g whereby the Lsscinblingelevalor is held up by and "it. the same force that puts it up until the matrix-line hasuo passed clear of tho elevator, and thereupon automatically released.

7. In a, linotypc-mcchine, in combination, n asse1nhiing-elcvcton means for raising oi elevator, two independent mechanisms 1x5 or holding said elevator down, one adapt-ed o be released orlvitrarilm-thc other auton'isilvically, and means by which the assembling-elevator when the former holding mochsnism has been first released is still hcl down by tho letter until automatically released. 8. in c linotypc-imichine, in combination, on ssscmliling-elovslior, a spring for raising the assembling-Moi ctor, means for placing said spring undercon'ipression, :1 rod fastened to the moving end of said spring and cngagin said clcvzibor, l'wo latches cngi'iging said rod, means for riflltl lzztenes and lensing ilt? ot h ol both if mill the eiheien yol; rho hitter. n'lnin hull;

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we henngtne hri ngl operative pmzilion. hilt-hing i it, meeiunnsm For lol -hi1" a rvlmming the roll-i mel-hzmmn moans of the upper oi so in Sllx'ltihltlh, :i hauntopernterl clasp adapted to loll: the ln:-it-ln-:\nfirmed mevhnnism out of ion 2L lllltll to hold il'itl rele. the r. 1-1mm the nl releasing rem netn hitch, the when! t tlown nn til ii in, or leased zintonnrtn line-deivory shaft man. than is. All actuate-2i 11p :nnl t'ien'zr nnnnt imll l0. ln n. lintrtjiptvinzrehine, on :r 1 limelm; v, 2r rod :nilnptetl lo tor lmrring: we how higher than 1 ell rfr ioxn, 1 ring mm met low-t 'Etl l Q onhl' lmr nz iron iinzhine, in "IillL'itl Lion w ith t'l a insulated hv soul elm ii? to operate non llLECll altlztptm'l to he \lisen; Hl hy mint le\ 2 means to hold. said i in engugennnt, whereby the label. is t'lisengztgretl in ime to the movements ol the li:n:-tlelixerv-cnrringe un'eling-elex nun and onto- :nQ-enznnsm to i u in time to the mm'exnents of the liniwieli ".'e1 y-i:nr riiige s i n liner ponnni'hin in t'lrllll)lllil.-- Lion, the. mhling elevator, 'mnism for reviprommng the some, the line-lav :r'ycnrriage aha t, a cam on snitl shaft, :nnl menus nel'nntetl by said com to regulate said reciprornting; reelmnism.

t-l. in n. lilit)QPO-Illiltlllltt, in combine lion with l h zisnemblin -elemrtor anilhzulenun" actuating meelmnism therefor, the line-th-livery-t'ln'rilwe shalt, :1 pnslwhzrr,

means by Tvhivh sand. shaft, opersittrg sol kl pnHlr-l ill a. spring, :ilzltich operated by the raise mid elevator, mechanism inning; sullit' en power, when opera-live, to return the elevator ngliinst the opposing force of said spring, r lntveh for holding; sn'nl ele *ntor-reinrning meehnnism tempomrily out, 01 acl; Cll.

l '7 n o lintHype-mnehine, the eombinntimi with an nssembling-elevntor-actnnttinsr motor o? holding means therel or (.QINPYJSMKQ my oh 'l o fetches :uln ptet'l llt) jointly eont-ro' .he npgoing ol' the ele 'lLlUl and indeoemlmrt means, one of them suitonmlie and nntezi by :1. moving: part. ol" the machine, trippii g; the mitt-hes.

1&1. in n linotype-machine, an assemblingrr-vzitor, eie 'atonrnising mechanism, two ozn'tly-netingmeans for holding said raising zmwlmnism out 0! action and means for (llS- engaging snill two means, one of .snitl disengng 1;; means mitonmticallyactuated by :1. mo .ing port'- ol the machine, the other conof n, mmmnlly-cmerntetl he and conllltt' lllfl 111. in a. linot ye-mn hine, in. combination, inhtimpelerntor, met'hlrnioni for raisthe iritllllt, two cooperating (OHU'OlS for we n 'rgoing thereof, one arbitrary, one autonmtie.

2t). in 2a Iinotyrm-znnelrine,in eomhination, the wemhling-elevni013 mechanism for reuiproenting the some, the line-delivery can ringe nnrl its ilriving-slml't, means lor holding Silltl reciprocating mechanism out ol action and n eons ontonmtituilly nclnatml by the tine-(h-li ny shaft to release some.

2L lo ll liiiotype-mnehine, in eomhinaition, the 1 semhlhrg-ehwator, meehzrnism for re- (iproenting the same, two eoneting out inde- )0llililll means both adapted to control the sistn ill.

means for autonmticnlly throwing the o'svator, one adapted to be llv roles! orl h 7 loosed ooch time before the elevator goes up,

one controlling means being adopted to be released automatically, the other manually.

24. In a linotype-machine, the verticallyrnovable assembling-elevator and automatic actuating mechanism therefor, in combination with two controls for the upgoing there'- of, one automatic one arbitrary, hoth 006perative to hold the elevator down and both released to let the elevator go up.

In testimony whereof I hereto aflix my ignature, in presence of two witnesses, this 7th day of June, 1903.

\ CHARLES T. LIBBY. In presence of- ELGIN VENILL,

MARION RICHARDS. 

